With polly middlehurst. Patrick. Thank you and good evening. Thank you and good evening. Will. The top story tonight is that the us secretary of state is at this moment on his way to israel after hamas terrorist attacks at the weekend. Anthony blinken said the us is determined to make sure israel has all it needs to defend itself. Hes due to meet senior itself. Hes due to meet senior israeli officials, including the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to discuss boosting military support from the states. Im going with a very simple and clear message on behalf of the president of the United States and on behalf of the people , and that is the American People, and that is that states has that the United States has israels back. We the back of the we have the back of the israeli we have their israeli people. We have their back. Well it back today. Well have it tomorrow. We will have it every day. Day. And here at home, the met police has appealed for footage or images last weekends or imag
Blockbuster two hours is coming your way right after the news with middlehurst. Patrick. With polly middlehurst. Patrick. Thank you and good evening. Thank you and good evening. Will. The top story tonight is that the us secretary of state is at this moment on his way to israel after hamas terrorist attacks at the weekend. Anthony blinken said the us is determined to make sure israel has all it needs to defend itself. Hes due to meet senior itself. Hes due to meet senior israeli officials, including the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to discuss boosting military support from the states. Im going with a very simple and clear message on behalf of the president of the United States and on behalf of the people , and that is the American People, and that is that states has that the United States has israels back. We the back of the we have the back of the israeli we have their israeli people. We have their back. Well it back today. Well have it tomorrow. We will have it every day. Day.
, safer and greener london and in what i hope will be a year of great change a future Labour Government led by keir starmer. Government led by keir starmer. Working with us in city hall will mean we can go much further and accomplish so much more. And accomplish so much more. And labours also been celebrating success in liverpool, in South Yorkshire and in West Yorkshire today, and in greater manchester, where andy burnham was re elected. He andy burnham was re elected. He picked up just over 63 of the vote there and said hell always give his best to the job. Im overwhelmed, so have so many people prepared to put their trust in me. 7 is overwhelming. Its humbling, and i recognise that people who vote for other parties at a general election of lent me their support, and its why i will be very, very rigid in taking a place first rather than a party first approach. Seems to me thats what the role of the mayor is all about, bringing people together , you know, get people together, you know
Re elected. There rishi sunak says that result is evidence that people will stick with the conservatives come the general election. Election. Keir starmer came here twice, Rachel Reeves came here three times, but even they couldnt dislodge ben and the fantastic conservative team, right. And they also threw a lot of mud. It needs to be said in this election because they were angry, angry that ben has delivered more for this region in seven years than labour Party Managed in 30 years. Well, lets take a quick look at those latest council results from across england as counting continues tonight. If youre watching on tv, you can see here the number of councillors confirmed so far fewer than seven councils left to declare out of a total of 107. Some will follow into tomorrow , including follow into tomorrow, including the West Midlands. And the result for londons mayor in other news, the family of murdered schoolboy alfie lewis have thanked him for making them smile every day. He was stabbe
We will not be silent. We will not be silent. We will raise the voice of gaza. We will raise the voice of palestine. Hello . Come back hello . Come back hello . Come back caroline. Lucas. All is forgiven. Meanwhile, in my take forgiven. Meanwhile, in my take at ten, prince harry returns to britain next week. This will surprise you, but i think he should have a heros welcome. Find out why at ten. So, two hours of big opinion, big debate and big entertainment. Ill be deaung and big entertainment. Ill be dealing with the bbc in two minutes time. You will not believe the alleged discrimination thats happening. But first News Headlines and some breaking news with sam francis. Francis. Mark, thank you very much and good evening to you from the newsroom. Its 9 00. And as mark said, we start with some breaking news in the england local elections. There has been local elections. There has been a surprise upset tonight in the last few minutes for the conservative party in the West Midlands, with